Welcome to our Fellows!

Each year the Allan McGavin Sport Medicine Clinic welcomes a Fellow in Sports Medicine. A Fellow is a doctor who has already obtained certification, usually in family medicine, and is pursuing additional training in a specific domain. The Fellows work and learn at AMSMC and in the community from July to June. At the end of the year, they become eligible to write the Canadian Association of Sport & Exercise Medicine (CASEM) fellowship exam, which provides certification to practice Sport & Exercise Medicine independently.

This year, we are excited to introduce two Primary Care Sport Medicine fellows, and one Sport Physiotherapy fellow:

Dr. James O’Donovan:

Dr. James O’Donovan is joining us for a year from Limerick, Ireland as our International Fellow. Jim’s home played a large role in his passion for sport, as Limerick was designated the European city of sport in 2011. Jim went to medical school in University College Dublin, and then went on to complete a family medicine residency at the University of Limerick. He has a Masters degree in Sport and Exercise Medicine from Trinity College Dublin, where his thesis looked at variation of kinematics and EMG activity between an elliptical cross trainer and treadmill running.

Since completing his education Jim has been working in Santry, Dublin at a Sports Medicine clinic and with a number of different sports teams involving rugby, gaelic football (Ireland’s national sport) and sailing. Jim was an Irish team doctor at Rio Olympics and Paralympic Games.

Dr. Alyssa Cantarutti:

Alyssa Cantarutti is a Canadian medical graduate. She received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from McMaster University and continued onto medical school at McMaster as well. In 2015 she moved from Ontario to Vancouver to complete her Family Practice residency at St. Paul’s Hospital, UBC. Alyssa’s research involves the impact of wearable devices on exercise prescription and patient adherence, as well as clinical outcomes of exercise programs.

Alyssa’s love for sport comes from her personal experience as a runner and triathlete. In 2015 she was the under-25 Canadian national age-group champion in long course triathlon. She has been working as a family doctor in Vancouver and is enjoys teaching in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical programs at UBC.

Emily Grainger:

Emily is a UBC alumnus having graduated from Kinesiology in 2013 and proudly wearing blue and gold as a member of the women’s hockey team (2008-2013). She completed her MSc in Physiotherapy at the University of Alberta in 2015 and has since worked in private practice in Ontario.